ĐỀ 44 THPT TOÀN THẮNG

PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (Thí sinh làm bài vào phần trả lời tự luận)
SECTION A: LISTENING
I. Part I. You will hear an interview with Trina Trevose, a pop singer who is only fifteen. For
questions 1-5, choose the best answer A, B or C. You will listen TWICE. (5 pts)
1. When Trina went to the USA, she ______.
A. thought the records she made would be unsuccessful
B. knew her friends would be jealous of her
C. didn’t tell many people why she was going
2. When Trina was in the USA, she wrote songs about ______.
A. her home B. the weather C. people she met
3. Where was Trina performing when she was noticed by the record company?
A. In London B. Near her home C. In the US
4. Why did Trina sing with David Pearson?
A. He needed some help B. She wrote a song for him C. The record company asked her to
5. Trina was asked to return to the US to ______.
A. re-do some work B. appear on TV again C. record new song

Part 2. You will hear someone giving a talk about global warming. For questions 1-10, complete each of
the sentences with ONE word or number. (10 pts)
THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
Scientists say that with every (1) ………………………… that goes by, the planet is getting warmer.
Scientists don’t just take record low temperatures into account, they measure (2) …………………
temperature changes.
Research has proved that over the last (3) ………………………… years, the Earth’s average temperature has
risen by about two degrees.
Solar flares are small (4) ……………………… that happen on the surface of the Sun.
Scientists say that the Sun’s activity was (5) ………………………… during the period from 2005 to 2010.
Some people think that there’s no way carbon dioxide can be (6) ……………… to the planet.
Too much carbon dioxide (7) ………… heat within the atmosphere.
Some people think global warming can create a longer (8) ……………… season.
While northern regions gets warmer, the rest of the planet will suffer from water shortages, (9)
………………… and expanding deserts.
For some people, climate change will make food expensive or even (10) …… to them.

SECTION B: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Give the correct form of the words in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
1. ………………… to the school is by examination only. ADMIT
2. He was not hired because he is ……………………. QUALIFY
3. The church is the site of a number of ………………………… manifestations. NATURE
4. Barack Obama is the first president of The United Stated with ………………… background. RACE
5. Low income and little administrative support make teachers ……………… their profession. HEART
6. The seemingly ………………………… oil and minerals have shown signs of depletion over the years.
EXHAUST
7. Swimming is considered a …………… sport because competitors do not contact physically. CONTACT
8. What a ………………………… she is! She should know that efficient management involves much more
than making and obeying rules. DISCIPLINE
9. Thanks to the ………………………… policy, more and more forests have been formed on, locations that
used to be treeless. FOREST
10. How ………………………… the book is! It is so interesting that I can hardly stop reading it. PUT

II. Complete each of the following sentences with the correct tense or form of a phrasal verb below.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10 pts)
draw up carry on turn down get by sit up for
look into get through come across put out die down
1. If you are finding it difficult to ……………………… on your salary, why don’t you ask for a rise?
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2. I know what you’re …………………… and feel really sorry for you.
3. I proposed to her but she …………………… me ………..….
4. You’d better ………………… your cigarette because smoking isn’t allowed in here.
5. If you …………………… working so hard, you’ll make yourself ill.
6. The manager promised to …………………… the matter in response to my letter.
7. The red car has …………………… in front of our house. Are you expected anyone?
8. When the rebellion had ………………… things quickly returned to normal.
9. Don’t ………………… me. I shall probably be back very late.
10. I ………………… several old friends at the meeting.

III. The following passage contains 10 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the corrections in the
corresponding numbered boxes on the answer sheet. Number 0 is an example. (10 pts)
Example: 0. Line 1. normally  normal
It seems that the mystery of why the Pyramids were built may have solved. Until 1
quite recently people were used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs. 2
Instead, the connection with astronomy seems much more important. 3
Egyptologists have often asked themelves how long it spent to build them and 4
why people built them in first place. Experts came up with a suggestion that the 5
Egyptians may have believed in the River Nile was the earthly equivalent of the 6
Milky Way. Many agree that the shapes of the three Giza Pyramids are in 7
proportion to the three stars of Orion. Nothing, then, was by the chance. Rather, 8
the souls of dead pharaohs were deliberately being project through shafts to reach 9
at their goal of the Orion constellation. 10

SECTION C: READING
Fill in each blank in the following passage with ONE suitable word. Write your answers on the answer
COMPETITION: YOUR IDEAL SCHOOL
Is your shool just as you want itto be? Or are there things you and your classmates (1) …………………………
change, given the opportunity? This is your chance to express your ideas about (2) ………………………… the
ideal school is like. Our competition is open to (3) ………………………… student between the age of twelve
and eighteen. You can enter (4) ………………………… an individual or your whole class can work together
on a team entry. Your entry can take any form- a piece of writing, a picture, or even architectural plans. It is
completely (5) ………………………… to you. What we are looking for its evidence (6) originality,
imagination and above (7) ………………………… the genuine views of young people.
By taking part in this, you will help in a study being carried out at a leading university. All work entered (8)
………………………… the competition will be kept at the university and used in research. Entries cannot be
returned (9) ………………………… of this. But it also means that, even if you do not win your views will still
be heard and will remain for future educationalists to study.
Entries must reach us no later (10) …………………………Friday 30 April. Winners will receive valuable
prizes of computer equipment and software for their schools.

SECTION D: WRITING
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the original one.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. (10 pts)
1. The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended.
Had it ....................................................................................................................................................
2. Government guidelines really do emphasize the importance of starting education early.
A lot of emphasis ..................................................................................................................................
3. The trip was so amazing that we will never forget it.
It's too ...................................................................................................................................................
4. Your silly questions distracted me.
You drove ..............................................................................................................................................
5. She was so disgusted at the way her friend behaved that she refused to speak to him.
Such ......................................................................................................................................................
6. My boss works better when he is pressed for time.
The less .................................................................................................................................................
7. You think that fat people are always jolly, but you are wrong.
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 Contrary ................................................................................................................................................
8. The patient recovered more rapidly than expected.
The patient made ...................................................................................................................................
9. He’s almost certain to leave before we do.
By the time ............................................................................................................................................
10. Luca was last heard of a week ago.
Nobody .........................................................................................................................

II. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the capitalized word given in brackets in such a way that
it means the same as the original one. Do NOT change the word given. Write your answers on the answer
sheet. (5 pts)
1. Never forget that the customer is always right. BORNE
...............................................................................................................................................................
2. We’ll have to make up our minds by the end of the week, won’t we? BE
...............................................................................................................................................................
3. The only thing they could do was to look for a new flat. ALTERNATIVE
...............................................................................................................................................................
4. His last letter to me was written three days ago. HEARD
...............................................................................................................................................................
5. He is determined to become a doctor. HEART
...............................................................................................................................................................

III. In about 150 – 200 words write an essay about the advantages of high school students doing volunteer
work. (10 pts)

PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (Thí sinh làm bài vào phần trả lời trắc nghiệm)
SECTION ONE: PHONOLOGY
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each of the
following questions.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (2.5 pts)
1. A. ban B. inflation C. endangered D. landscape
2. A. within B. fathom C. anthem D. northern
3. A. brood B. broomstick C. foolscap D. brooch
4. A. contribute B. syndrome C. home D. microphone
5. A. mosaic B. conserve C. reserve D. poison

II. Choose the word whose main stress position is different from that of the others in each of the following
questions. Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (2.5 pts)
1. A. contribute B. tsunami C. tornado D. category
2. A. gasometer B. agriculture C. nostalgic D. enthronement
3. A. introduce B. Japanese C. technological D. photography
4. A. journalese B. entertain C. Portuguese D. refusal
5. A. accelerate B. impossible C. assimilate D. opposition

SECTION TWO: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences.
Write your answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
1. When she sings, she has the ……… ability to make even bad songs sound good.
A. sparse B. rare C. infrequent D. scarce
2. I know this is a big disappointment but I don’t take it to ……….
A. soul B. mind C. spirit D. heart
3. She’d go to the end of ……… to save her children.
A. the earth B. the house C. the life D. the world
4. He got his university degree last year. Now, he’s doing ……… studies.
A. graduate B. graduating C. post-graduate D. under-graduate
5. I will only sign the papers ……… my solicitor.
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 A. within reach B. of the agreement of
C. under surveillance of D. in the presence of
6. The higher the demand, ……….
A. the more we have to make efforts B. the more efforts we have to make
C. more efforts do we have to make D. the most efforts we have to make
7. Further down the street ……….
A. a bus station is which was built ten years ago B. is a bus station which was
built ten years ago
C. is it a bus station which was built ten years ago D. it was built a bus station ten
years ago
8. …… with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountains do not seem high at all
A. When compared B. Compared them C. If you compare D. A comparison
9. These figures show a …… in the number of unemployed people in England and Wale.
A. loss B. lessening C. reduction D. lowering
10. She is traveling to work by train today because her car is being ……….
A. stopped B. broken C. serviced D. rented

SECTION THREE: READING

I. Read the following passage and choose the correct option to fill in each of the blanks. Write your
answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
Mobile phones (1)……… microwave radio emissions. Researchers are questioning whether exposure to these
radio waves might (2)……… to brain cancer.
So far, the data are not conclusive. The scientific evidence does not (3) ………us to say with certainly that
mobile phones are categorically (4) ……….. On the other hand, current research has not yet (5) ……… clear
adverse effects associated with the prolonged use of mobile phones.
Numerous studies are now going (6) ……… in various countries. Some of the results are contradictory but
others have shown an association between mobile phone use and cancer. (7) ………, these studies are
preliminary and the issue needs further, long-term investigation.
(8) ……… the scientific data are more definite, it is prudent for people to try not to use mobile phones for long
(9) ……… of time. Don’t think that hands-free phones are any safer either. At the moment, research is in fact
showing the (10) ……… and they may be just as dangerous. It is also thought that young people whose bodies
are still growing may be at particular risk.
1. A. emit B. sent C. give D. charge
2. A. cause B. bring C. produce D. lead
3. A. enable B. make C. able D. let
4. A. safe B. risky C. unhealthy D. secure
5. A. prove B. demonstrate C. cause D. produce
6. A. by B. on C. through D. about
7. A. Though B. Additionally C. However D. While
8. A. Provide B. As C. When D. Until
9. A. amounts B. quantities C. periods D. intervals
10. A. fact B. opposite C. way D. truth

II. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Write your answers
(A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (5 pts)
Whether it’s the melodic sound of an Eric Clapton solo or the growl of a heavy metal band, the electric guitar
has influenced popular music and culture more than any other instrument. Rock’s greatest musicians have
always been closely identified with their guitars. But the instruments being designed for tomorrow’s pop stars
may look and sound rather different from today’s familiar electric and acoustic guitars. It is only sixty years
since the electric guitar was invented. Since then there have been incredible changes to the technical design of
the instrument. From what was once a rounded wooden box with a hole in the front, the guitar has evolved into
the smooth solid body of the rock guitarist’s “axe”. The most modern guitars are really computer-controlled
synthesizers.
Adolph Rickenbacker’s Electro String Company produced the first world’s first electric guitar. It was made of
wood and played on the user’s lap. The first real breakthrough in design came in 1950 when Leo Fender, a
California radio repairman, made the first solid-bodied electric guitar, the Fender Telecaster. Soon after the

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inventor Les Paul made the famous Gibson Les Paul, Fender launched his stylish Stratocaster two years later.
These guitars became standard instruments against which newer guitar designs are measured.
All sorts of different materials have been used to make guitars. Acoustic guitars are made from wood, which
gives a soft tone. Wood is also a popular material in electric guitar manufacture, but more modern material such
as glass and carbon fiber are also used. There have also been guitars with metal bodies and necks though these
were never popular with players, who claim metal feels cold in the hand.
Plastics, on the other hand, have been more used in guitar bodies. A company that makes parts for the aerospace
industry has begun to use a kind of fiberglass that was originally used in helicopter blades to make the bodies
for its electric-acoustic instruments. Other makers have begun to experiment with graphite, which is ten times
stiffer than wood but much lighter. It doesn’t expand or contact as the temperature or humidity changes either.
This makes it particularly suitable for guitar necks and for tennis rackets, for which it is also used.
As long as scientists and musicians work together harmoniously, the electric guitar will continue to benefit from
technological innovations. But for all the efforts of the guitar companies’ design engineers, managers and
quality controllers, it’s the musicians who finally make the instruments sing – and not necessarily in the way
the guitar maker intended.
1. What is likely to change in the future?
A. The influence of the guitar on popular culture
B. Styles of guitar music
C. The guitars themselves
D. How musicians feel about their guitars
2. Why is graphite a good material for guitar necks?
A. It has been used for tennis rackets. B. It is heavier than wood.
C.It is more flexible than wood. D. It is not affected by atmospheric conditions
3. Which one of the following subjects is NOT referred to?
A. Companies that make guitars B. Materials guitars are made of
C. The role of technology D. Other musical instruments
4. The writer uses the word “guitar” sixteen times in the passage. What other word(s) is/are used instead
of “guitar”?
A. Axe B. Instruments C. Both A and B D. None of the above
5. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Guitar Industry B. Guitar Legend C. Guitar Stories D. Guitar Makers

III. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions. Write your
answers (A, B, C or D) on the answer sheet. (10 pts)
The body of an adult insect is subdivided into three sections, including a head, a three-segment thorax, and
segmented abdomen. Ordinarily, the thorax bears three pairs of legs and a single or double pair of wings. The
vision of most adult insects is specialized through two large compound eyes and multiple simple eyes.
Features of an insect’s mouth parts are used in classifying insects into types. Biting mouth parts, called
mandibles, such as the mouth parts found in grasshoppers and beetles, are common among insects. Behind the
mandibles are located the maxillae, or lower jaw parts, which serve to direct food into the mouth between the
jaws. A labrum above and one below are similar to another animal’s upper and lower lips. In an insect with a
sucking mouth function, the mandibles, maxillae, labrum, and labium are modified in such a way that they
constitute a tube through which liquid such as water, blood, or flower nectar can be drawn. In a butterfly or
moth, this coiled drinking tube is called the proboscis because of its resemblance, in miniature, to the trunk of
an elephant or a very large nose. Composed chiefly of modified maxillae fitted together, the insect’s proboscis
can be flexed and extended to reach nectar deep in a flower. In mosquitoes or aphids, mandibles and maxillae
are modified to sharp styles with which the insect can drill through surfaces like human or vegetable
skin membranes to reach juice. In a housefly, the expanding labium forms a sponge like mouth pad that itcan
use to stamp over the surface of food, sopping up food particles and juices.
Insects, the most numerous creatures on our planet, are also them most adaptable. They require little food
because they are small. They easily find shelter and protection in small crevices in trees and surface geological
formations. Species of insects can evolve quickly because of their rapid reproduction cycle; they live in every
climate, some making their homes in the frozen Arctic regions and many others choosing the humid, warm, and
nutrient-rich rain forest environment. An active part of the natural food cycle, insects provide nutrition for
animals and devour waste products of other life forms.

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1. What is the best title for this passage?
A. An Insect’s Environment B. The Structure of an Insect
C. Grasshoppers and Beetle D. The Stages of Life of an Insect
2. What is the purpose of this passage?
A. To complain C. To entertain B. To persuade D. To inform
3. How are insects classified?
A. By the environment in which they live B. By the food they eat
C. By the structure of the mouth D. By the number and type of wings
4. The word “common” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ……….
A. normal C. important B. rare D. necessary
5. What is the purpose of maxillae?
A. to bite or sting B. to drill through surfaces to find nourishment
C. to put food between the jaws D. to soak up nourishment like a sponge
6. The author compares labrum and labium to ……….
A. an upper and lower lip C. maxillae
B. mandibles D. jaws
7. What is the proboscis?
A. Nectar B. A tube constructed of modified maxillae
C. A kind of butterfly D. A kind of flower
8. Which of the following have mandibles and maxillae that have been modified to sharp styles?
A. Grasshoppers C. Mosquitoes B. Butterflies D. Houseflies
9. The phrase “drill through” in paragraph 2 could best be replaced by ……….
A. penetrate C. explore B. saturate D. distinguish
10. The word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to ……….
A. pad C. housefly B. food D. mouth

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